39th Ohio Infantry

The 39th Ohio Infantry was an infantry regiment of the US Army that was active from 31 July 1861 to 9 July 1865 during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, and the army served in the Army of the Mississippi in the Western Theater of the war, fighting at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Parker's Cross Roads, in Georgia, and several other battles in the American South. The regiment lost 64 dead in combat and 132 dead to disease during the war.